01875oam 22004454a 450 991067840060332120230410060501.09783944773391(CKB)26349844300041(OCoLC)1374188907(MdBmJHUP)musev2_111233(NjHacI)9926349844300041(EXLCZ)992634984430004120230222d2022 uy 0gerur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTowards a Democratic Franchise : Suffrage Reform in the Twentieth-Century Bahamas / Stephen B. AranhaFrankfurt am MainMax Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory2022©20221 online resource (336 pages)Global Perspectives on Legal Historyvolume 209783944773384 This book examines the process of electoral reform in the Bahamas during the 20th century in the broader context of decolonisation. Beginning with the General Assembly Elections Act of 1919, which reaffirmed a franchise limited to propertied men, milestones include the introduction of voting by secret ballot between 1939 and 1946, universal adult male suffrage in 1959, women's suffrage in 1961, and the incremental abolition of plural voting between 1959 and 1969.Global perspectives on legal history.SuffrageBahamas20th centuryElection lawBahamas20th centuryHochschulschrift.Electronic books. SuffrageElection law342.07Aranha Stephen Baut1350698MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUP9910678400603321Towards a Democratic Franchise3089449UNINA